John Hubley Movies

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled...

A man lives in peace and harmony. But one day his quiet life is interrupted by demons. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

A Harvard grad tries to start a gold claim, but is immediately beset by the amorous daughter of a rival miner.

A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored...

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.

An anti-Hitler cartoon. While the soundtrack survives in full, the animation is partly lost.

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours...

The dance floor of a cruise ship. As each passenger is chosen, they choose a song on the jukebox and dance to it. But one passenger, playing a joke...

Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a...

Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best.

Fox is Robin Hoodlum and the Crow is the Sheriff pursuing R. Hoodlum and his merry band. He escapes one trap after another until he is lured into an...

Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.

Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.

Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one...

A 70mm scope cartoon in which a dog learns to smell in order to become a detective.

Promotional film extoling the virutes of radio advertising, even in a new era of televison.

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...